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title: "KB Financial Picks Lee Jae-keun As Next Chairman Nominee"
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description: "According to The Korea Herald, KB Financial Group's Chairman Recommendation Committee on Friday selected Lee Jae-keun, 60, as its next chairman nominee, passing over incumbent Chairman Yang Jong-hee, 65, and former Woori Bank CEO Kwon Kwang-seok, 63. Lee is currently chief business officer in charge of global, wealth management and corporate finance at Korea's largest financial group."
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# KB Financial Picks Lee Jae-keun As Next Chairman Nominee

According to The Korea Herald, KB Financial Group's Chairman Recommendation Committee on Friday selected Lee Jae-keun, 60, as its next chairman nominee, passing over incumbent Chairman Yang Jong-hee, 65, and former Woori Bank CEO Kwon Kwang-seok, 63. Lee is currently chief business officer in charge of global, wealth management and corporate finance at Korea's largest financial group.

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